Mr.arrogant(23)

Naomi didn't want to tell him that she had fallen in love with him, and  she promised herself that what they were; new lovers, would be enough.  She knew that there was little chance it would ever be more than that,  and she assured her heart that it would be alright to just have him as a  lover.

She was grateful that the tension between them would be gone and that  she could at last focus on her work and anything else that needed her  attention, rather than her mind constantly straying to him. She felt she  could move ahead and that things in her life were back in some sort of  natural balance that would enable her to do what she wanted to do.

Jonathon slipped his finger beneath her chin and lifted it to kiss her  once more, and then he rose to his feet and began to pull his clothes  back on. "I want this again with you, but I think next time, I will at  least get us a room somewhere; something with a little more class." He  laughed a little and looked at her with a shy smile. "It couldn't be  helped this time."

She dressed herself and walked to him, wrapping her arms around his  waist. "I don't mind at all. We were here, and the moment happened here,  and it was incredible, but …  there is a lot more that could be done in a  bed." She winked at him and he groaned and pulled her tightly to him,  kissing her deeply before he let her go.

"You'd better call your father back." She said softly over her shoulder  as she turned to walk out of his office. She gave him another wink and a  smile, and closed his office door behind her, completely satisfied.

Jonathon watched her go and knew that he had just gotten himself in much  deeper than he ever had been, and he wondered momentarily what would  come of it.





Chapter7

Andrea and Naomi were enjoying a lazy Saturday lunch together in a quiet  café, talking about various things, when Andrea brought up the subject  of Jonathon; a subject that Naomi had been suspiciously quiet about for a  couple of weeks. Her sharp dark eyes locked onto Naomi's and she leaned  forward across the small table between them, her elbows planted on it,  helping her launch forward just a bit more.         

     



 

"So what's going on with you and Jonathon? Huh? You haven't said his  name once in a few weeks now. I know something changed. What changed?  What's going on?" Andrea asked intently.

Naomi could not stop the grin that spread over her face as she felt her  cheeks warm, and she dropped her gaze to the berry filled muffin in  front of her. She giggled a little and Andrea gasped.

"What happened? Did he come on to you or something?" Andrea asked eagerly.

Naomi slowly lifted her eyes and looked up at her best friend from  beneath her lashes. "Well …  we've kind of changed the nature of our  relationship." She began quietly, shooting a furtive glance around her  and seeing that no one was in ear shot.

Andrea gasped and her mouth fell open as she looked at Naomi in amazement. "What? When did that happen?"

Naomi shrugged. "A few weeks ago." She grinned again and sighed happily. "It's been amazing."

"How in the world did that ever happen?" Andrea asked, confounded.

"Well … . It just kind of happened. There's a woman who is a friend of his  family's, and she came by the office to try to talk him into going on a  date with her. I saw her once before at an event at the Cross Mansion,  in fact, I met her. She's horrible. So mean and hateful: like a little  viper. Anyway, I guess she's been after Jonathon for a long time and she  keeps trying to talk him into being with her, but he keeps telling her  no and she won't take the hint." Naomi rolled her eyes, thinking of the  afternoon she had seen Susan in Jonathon's office.

Andrea watched her, open mouthed, taking in every word that Naomi was  telling her, her hand wrapped around her mug of tea, which was lifted  halfway to her mouth, but was frozen in midair.

Naomi sighed. "Jonathon's father called and insisted that I go interrupt  him because Jonathon wasn't answering his phone. I tried to tell him I  shouldn't do it, but he wasn't listening, so I went into Jonathon's  office and walked in on Susan trying to kiss Jonathon. You should have  seen it when he saw me; he pushed her away so fast, but I was really  upset about it, and Susan was horrible.

"I left, but then he called me back in right after he kicked her out and  I went in, thinking he was going to get mad at me for interrupting his  visit with her, but he just grabbed me and kissed me, and I kind of  melted right there on the spot." She sighed and smiled, thinking of how  incredible it was to be with him that afternoon.

"I never thought anything would happen between us; I thought it was only  going to be our business relationship, right down the line, but things  got really hot really fast between us, and it was the most amazing time  I've ever had with a man. Ever. We've just kept going. We're like  newlyweds …  we just can't keep our hands off of each other, and I'll tell  you what, I wouldn't change what happened for anything. No matter what  happens between him and me in the future, I'm so glad we have what we  have had." She grinned and lifted her mug to her lips, sipping on the  hot tea in it.

Andrea finally set her mug down on the table and eyed her friend  carefully for a long quiet moment, and then she crossed her arms over  her chest and frowned.

"You haven't told him, have you?" she asked in an almost accusatory voice.

Naomi blinked and set her mug down. "Told him what?" she asked innocently.

Andrea leaned forward and sighed, her eyes piercing Naomi's. "You  haven't told him that you're in love with him, have you? You haven't  bothered to mention that this isn't just a hot little fling for you."

Naomi looked away from her friend, her eyes carefully studying the  bottom of her teacup. She slid her spoon into it and began to stir her  tea, swirling it around slowly as she pressed her lips together. "It's  okay, that it's just a fling … " she said quietly.

Andrea clucked her tongue and shook her head, leaning back in her chair  and frowning at her friend. "Naomi, you are going to have to admit it at  some point. You can't just go around having a torrid affair with him  while you're in love with him, getting so deeply involved on an  emotional level, and then when it ends and he's ready to see someone  else or just stop seeing you, you're going to have a huge heartbreak to  deal with.         

     



 

What are you thinking?" she asked incredulously. "You have to tell him.  He needs to know how you feel so he can cool things down between the two  of you or at least make some good decisions about what to do between  the two of you."

Naomi looked up at her in silence and watched her.

"I'm not saying stop sleeping with him; I'm saying put it all out there  so he knows what's going on. Don't leave your heart in the corner like  that while he has no idea how you really feel, and just wait for him to  break it. You might be able to figure out a way to work it out so that  you don't get your heart broken when it ends; or at least broken as  badly. Don't risk that! Tell him! Be honest with him!" she insisted,  shaking her head.

Breathing a long heavy sigh, Naomi set her elbow on the table and rested  her chin in her palm, looking at Andrea. "I guess you're right. I guess  maybe I should tell him. It's just that we are having such fun right  now, and I don't want to ruin it or change it."

Andrea leaned closer to her. "He's having fun. You're falling more in  love with him. I wish you could see yourself right now. Seriously.  You're completely enamored. You're head over heels, and I know it feels  good now, but if you don't at least slow down, this is going to hurt you  like hell later, and I'm just trying to look out for you, because I'm  going to be the one there trying to pick up the pieces when it happens."

Naomi pushed her lower lip out a bit and pouted slightly. "I know you  are. I'm lucky to have you, and you're right, but I just wish it could  go on just like it is."

Andrea shook her head again. "That's not going to happen."

"I know it." Naomi sighed thoughtfully. "I just want to hold on to what we have going on now for as long as I can."

"Honesty is the best policy." Andrea said matter-of-factly as she picked up her tea and sipped it.

Naomi nodded and her shoulders dropped a little. Her best friend was  right and she knew it. She and Jonathon hadn't been able to keep their  hands off of each other, whether it was in his office, his limo, in her  apartment, or in the occasional hotel room. The two of them were like  molten magnets for each other, the pull between them was powerful, and  both of them were insatiably hungry for one another.

The physical aspect of the bond between them was passion driven, and  their friendship was growing stronger, but she had no doubt in her heart  at all that he was not in love with her, as she was with him. She knew  it, deep in her heart, and she kept herself from thinking about it,  always pushing it to the back of her mind and turning her thoughts to  the good things between them.